Voter Information

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Important Dates

Nomination
Day – September 18,
2017
10:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Nomination Papers Received at: County of Newell Office (½ a mile south of
the CRA on Young Road)

Advance
Vote - October 7 &
14, 2017
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Voting Station Location: County of Newell Office (½ a mile south of
the CRA on Young Road)

Election
Day - October 16, 2017
10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Only three divisions within the County of Newell require elections - Division 4 (Scandia, Rainier, Bow City), Division 7 (Rosemary), Division 8 (Duchess). Councillors for all other divisions were acclaimed. View the Official Candidate List here.

Voting Station
Locations:

Division 4 - Rainier Community Hall (160077 HWY873)

Division 7 - Rosemary Rec-Plex (101 Centre Street, Rosemary, AB)

Division 8 - Duchess Curling Rink (256A Louise Ave West, Duchess, AB)

Voter Identification

Voter
Identification will be required at the 2017 Municipal Election. Each voter must produce one (1) piece of identification that establishes BOTH the elector’s
name and current address. A list of
acceptable forms of identification can be viewed here.

If a voter’s identification shows
a post office box number as the address instead of a residential or legal
address, it can be accepted as verification of current address if it is in reasonable
proximity to the voting jurisdiction.

Voter Eligibility

A
person is eligible to vote if they:

are
at least 18 years old,

are
a Canadian citizen, and

have
resided in Alberta for the 6 consecutive months immediately preceding election
day and the person’s place of residence is located in the area on Election Day.

Rules of Residence/Where to Vote

A person may be a
resident of only one place at a time for the purposes of voting under this Act. The residence of a person is the place where
the person lives and sleeps and to which, when absent, he/she intends to
return. The voter is only eligible to vote
at the voting station in the Division in which their place of residence is
located on Election Day.

Hours of Operation

Administration BuildingMonday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Public Works Office & ShopMonday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Agricultural Service BoardMonday to Friday, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Our offices are closed on statutory holidays. In the event that a statutory holiday falls on a weekend, our offices will be closed on the following Monday.